Mackerel Seafood Assam Pedas

While 'spring-cleaning' my cupboard of food, I found that I still have 2 packets of Assam Pedas Seafood Paste from Delichef. I knew I had to use it then for that week's cooking hangout even if it's a bit cheating...hehe! I researched a bit to confirm that people really do use mackerels for this dish. Frozen mackerels are available at Kaufland at CZK 59.90 for 1 kilogram of them. Each pack have roughly 4 fish with the head intact.

It was my first time using this fish. I had been searching for it ever since Anderson came for a visit and bought some marinated mackerel which he just microwaved. I think some people still cook this fish along with its head. But for me, I prefer to cut it off. :-P It was a funny time trying to deal with the preparation of the fish.

Ingredients: 

• Delichef Assam Pedas Seafood Paste
• Mackerel; chopped into large piece [If too small, the fish might just melt]
• Seafood mix
• Brinjal; somewhat large pieces
• Tomatoes; quartered [again, if too small, it will melt off]
• Chilli
• Lemon juice
• Egg; hard-boiled

Method:

1. Boil the eggs
2. Fry the brinjal in a pot; take it out after half cooked
3. Boil a pot of water in the same pot [reduce washing :-P] 
4. Add the paste into the pot; stirring it until it's mixed evenly
5. Add in brinjal and tomatoes
6. Add in mackerel and hard-boiled eggs
7. Lastly add in seafood mix [they are small already, so I didn't want to shrink them further....]
8. Taste and add lemon juice accordingly to how sour you like your Assam Pedas to be. :-)
9. Eat with rice. Soak the rice with the soup!  YUM!

[Note: At the point of adding the mackerel and hard-boiled eggs, I realized I put too much ingredients and we had to transfer to another pot...hehe...]

Verdict: 
Jannik like it just the way it is. But I think I would have preferred it to be a bit more sourish. Overall, it's just so, so easy to cook and really tasty. Gonna ask mum to get me more of the paste. XD Oh and I wish HK had okras. :-(